Good Books that I read recently

I normally used to take time to read the non-fiction.  Somehow the two books that I have mentioned now are totally different. I could finish very quickly. The language is very simple easy to read and grasp and at the same time the way subject portrayed also make the reader curious to read through the book.

Reading without Limits 

by Middle Witter             

Jossey-Bass       

2013      

pp.389

Author of this book worked with the   KIPP (the Knowledge Is Power Program) school. She was also founding teacher of KIPP Infinity Charter School.  In her book she writes about various strategies that one can use in the day-to-day classroom. These strategies that one comes across in the book are developed over a period of time. The book also consists of various suggestions for teachers that will help in using the strategies in the classroom. You can find suggestions for school administrators so as to help them in understanding the necessity of the strategies and thus helps in making decisions so as to make the students learning an enjoyable experience.  All the resources and activities that are mentioned in the book help one to make students towards encouraging them towards the habit of reading which is important in the present day world as lifelong learning is part of life.  

The Power of Habit        

by Charles Duhigg

Random House

2013      

pp.371

This is an interesting book on habits.  I tried to finish very quickly as the book is easy to read though thought provoking. I put this book along with the book on reading. As I felt consciously one can mould the habits towards reading by inculcating the reading habit through selecting strategies to do so. As the author suggests habits can be changed provided will to do so. The book is in three parts which deals with individual habits, organizational habits and the societal habits. Various case studies are given in each part. Good one to those who feel good about reading a nonfiction.